Never realized this was such a huge topic across technical circles. Including three.js over the years. This post is an attempt to just know the current state of this capability in three.js. Has it been implemented as a nice and conveniently callable feature? Thanks much. OLDMAN

[image] oldman: Has it been implemented as a nice and conveniently callable feature? No, OIT is not available in three.js. The last PR that tried to implement is: Examples: Add weighted, blended order-independent transparency pass / demo …

I would not view OIT as a feature that is going to conveniently solve all transparency problems any time soon. Transparency remains hard in every game engine, including those developed by large companies with thousands of employees. It is simply a very hard problem in realtime graphics today. Likel…

Order independent transparency (OIT)

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oldman October 8, 2023, 1:21am 2

Is this OIT in action ?

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Order independent transparency (OIT)

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